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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,605 | 1,713 | 47.1 | 45.1-49.2 | 1,892 | 52.9 | 50.8-54.9 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,441 | 1,285 | 52.8 | 50.3-55.2 | 1,156 | 47.2 | 44.8-49.7 |
African American | 763 | 293 | 38.1 | 33.8-42.5 | 470 | 61.9 | 57.5-66.2 |
Asian | 36 | 19 | 56.3 | 34.6-75.8 | 17 | 43.7 | 24.2-65.4 |
Native American | 79 | 28 | 40.1 | 27.2-54.5 | 51 | 59.9 | 45.5-72.8 |
Other Minorities | 263 | 75 | 25.7 | 20.2-32.0 | 188 | 74.3 | 68.0-79.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 264 | 79 | 28.1 | 22.1-34.9 | 185 | 71.9 | 65.1-77.9 |
-English Speaking | 98 | 54 | 60.9 | 49.1-71.5 | 44 | 39.1 | 28.5-50.9 |
-Spanish Speaking | 166 | 25 | 13.0 | 8.4-19.7 | 141 | 87.0 | 80.3-91.6 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,339 | 1,633 | 48.9 | 46.8-51.0 | 1,706 | 51.1 | 49.0-53.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 483 | 180 | 36.3 | 31.2-41.7 | 303 | 63.7 | 58.3-68.8 |
25-34 | 1,453 | 686 | 46.5 | 43.4-49.7 | 767 | 53.5 | 50.3-56.6 |
35-44 | 1,669 | 847 | 51.3 | 48.3-54.3 | 822 | 48.7 | 45.7-51.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 380 | 98 | 25.3 | 20.5-30.7 | 282 | 74.7 | 69.3-79.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 944 | 380 | 40.1 | 36.4-44.0 | 564 | 59.9 | 56.0-63.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,034 | 528 | 51.7 | 47.9-55.5 | 506 | 48.3 | 44.5-52.1 |
College Graduate | 1,245 | 706 | 56.0 | 52.6-59.4 | 539 | 44.0 | 40.6-47.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 339 | 115 | 33.5 | 27.3-40.3 | 224 | 66.5 | 59.7-72.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 620 | 218 | 35.0 | 30.5-39.8 | 402 | 65.0 | 60.2-69.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 492 | 234 | 46.3 | 41.0-51.7 | 258 | 53.7 | 48.3-59.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 522 | 276 | 52.9 | 47.8-57.9 | 246 | 47.1 | 42.1-52.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 469 | 267 | 56.2 | 50.6-61.6 | 202 | 43.8 | 38.4-49.4 |
$75,000+ | 520 | 311 | 59.8 | 54.5-64.8 | 209 | 40.2 | 35.2-45.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 668 | 300 | 46.5 | 41.8-51.3 | 368 | 53.5 | 48.7-58.2 |
No | 2,875 | 1,392 | 47.5 | 45.3-49.8 | 1,483 | 52.5 | 50.2-54.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 91 | 54 | 61.9 | 49.6-72.9 | 37 | 38.1 | 27.1-50.4 |
Non-Veteran | 3,485 | 1,641 | 46.6 | 44.6-48.7 | 1,844 | 53.4 | 51.3-55.4 |
Currently Serving | 29 | 18 | 68.6 | 48.1-83.7 | 11 | 31.4 | 16.3-51.9 |
*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question, 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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